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In this project we will only be using a LCD, Arduino uno, jumper wires to display text on the LCD. We will use the digital pin 6 to control the contrast value of the LCD. The function to display text on the lcd will be | lcd.print (“Your text here”) |
Like the title says, “Arduino LCD interfacing without potentiometer” we are going to interface LCD with Arduino. Interfacing LCD with Arduino is quite an easy task as compared to other development boards. The LCD interfacing requires a potentiometer, which controls the backlight. But it’s hard for noobies to use a potentiometer, as they run into different problems.
So, In this tutorial, we are going to interface LCD with Arduino and without potentiometer. The same tutorial can help you interface LCD with any other board and that too without using potentiometer.
In the circuit, you can observe we have only taken two control pins, this gives the flexibility. The contrast bit and READ/WRITE are not often used so they can be shorted to ground. This puts LCD in the highest contrast and read mode. We just need to control ENABLE and RS pins to send characters and data accordingly.
The Arduino IDE allows the user to use LCD in 4-bit mode. This type of communication enables the user to decrease the pin usage on Arduino, unlike other the Arduino need not be programmed separately for using it in the 4-bit mode because by default the Arduino is set up to communicate in 4-bit mode. In the circuit, you can see we have used 4-bit communication (D4-D7).
In this project, we will only be using an LCD, Arduino Uno, jumper wires to display text on the LCD. We will use the digital pin 6 to control the contrast value of the LCD. The function to display text on the LCD will be without a potentiometer & Resistor.
In this tutorial we are going to interface a 16×2 LCD with ARDUINO UNO. Unlike normal development boards interfacing a LCD to a ARDUINO is quite easy. Here we don’t have to worry about data sending and receiving. We just have to define the pin numbers and it will be ready to display data on LCD.
In 16×2 LCD there are 16 pins over all if there is a back light, if there is no back light there will be 14 pins. One can power or leave the back light pins. Now in the 14 pins there are 8 data pins (7-14 or D0-D7), 2 power supply pins (1&2 or VSS&VDD or GND&+5v), 3rd pin for contrast control (VEE-controls how thick the characters should be shown), and 3 control pins (RS&RW&E).
In the circuit, you can observe I have only took two control pins, this gives the flexibility. The contrast bit and READ/WRITE are not often used so they can be shorted to ground. This puts LCD in highest contrast and read mode. We just need to control ENABLE and RS pins to send characters and data accordingly.
The ARDUINO IDE allows the user to use LCD in 4 bit mode. This type of communication enables the user to decrease the pin usage on ARDUINO, unlike other the ARDUINO need not to be programmed separately for using it in 4 it mode because by default the ARDUINO is set up to communicate in 4 bit mode. In the circuit you can see we have used 4bit communication (D4-D7).
First we need to enable the header file (‘#include
Second we need to tell the board which type of LCD we are using here. Since we have so many different types of LCD (like 20×4, 16×2, 16×1 etc.). Here we are going to interface a 16×2 LCD to the UNO so we get ‘lcd.begin(16, 2);’. For 16×1 we get ‘lcd.begin(16, 1);’.
In this instruction we are going to tell the board where we connected the pins. The pins which are connected need to be represented in order as “RS, En, D4, D5, D6, D7”. These pins are to be represented correctly. Since we have connected RS to PIN0 and so on as show in the circuit diagram, we represent the pin number to board as “LiquidCrystal lcd(0, 1, 8, 9, 10, 11);”. The data which needs to be displayed in LCD should be written as “ cd.print(“hello, world!”);”. With this command the LCD displays ‘hello, world!’.
As you can see we need not to worry about any thing else, we just have to initialize and the UNO will be ready to display data. We don’t have to write a program loop to send the data BYTE by BYTE here.
In this tutorial we are going to interface a 16×2 LCD with ARDUINO UNO. Unlike normal development boards interfacing a LCD to a ARDUINO is quite easy. Here we don’t have to worry about data sending and receiving. We just have to define the pin numbers and it will be ready to display data on LCD.
In 16×2 LCD there are 16 pins over all if there is a back light, if there is no back light there will be 14 pins. One can power or leave the back light pins. Now in the 14 pins there are 8 data pins (7-14 or D0-D7), 2 power supply pins (1&2 or VSS&VDD or GND&+5v), 3rd pin for contrast control (VEE-controls how thick the characters should be shown), and 3 control pins (RS&RW&E).
In the circuit, you can observe I have only took two control pins, this gives the flexibility. The contrast bit and READ/WRITE are not often used so they can be shorted to ground. This puts LCD in highest contrast and read mode. We just need to control ENABLE and RS pins to send characters and data accordingly.
The ARDUINO IDE allows the user to use LCD in 4 bit mode. This type of communication enables the user to decrease the pin usage on ARDUINO, unlike other the ARDUINO need not to be programmed separately for using it in 4 it mode because by default the ARDUINO is set up to communicate in 4 bit mode. In the circuit you can see we have used 4bit communication (D4-D7).
First we need to enable the header file (‘#include
Second we need to tell the board which type of LCD we are using here. Since we have so many different types of LCD (like 20×4, 16×2, 16×1 etc.). Here we are going to interface a 16×2 LCD to the UNO so we get ‘lcd.begin(16, 2);’. For 16×1 we get ‘lcd.begin(16, 1);’.
In this instruction we are going to tell the board where we connected the pins. The pins which are connected need to be represented in order as “RS, En, D4, D5, D6, D7”. These pins are to be represented correctly. Since we have connected RS to PIN0 and so on as show in the circuit diagram, we represent the pin number to board as “LiquidCrystal lcd(0, 1, 8, 9, 10, 11);”. The data which needs to be displayed in LCD should be written as “ cd.print(“hello, world!”);”. With this command the LCD displays ‘hello, world!’.
As you can see we need not to worry about any thing else, we just have to initialize and the UNO will be ready to display data. We don’t have to write a program loop to send the data BYTE by BYTE here.
I see good reasons for wanting to connect LCD without potentiometer or even fixed resistors at all: when you just want to test a new piece; when you"re in hurry, in place lacking anything but wires, or when you just don"t want to bother with the question how to connect that resistor so it wasn"t fragile, ugly, etc.
If you’ve ever tried to connect an LCD display to an Arduino, you might have noticed that it consumes a lot of pins on the Arduino. Even in 4-bit mode, the Arduino still requires a total of seven connections – which is half of the Arduino’s available digital I/O pins.
The solution is to use an I2C LCD display. It consumes only two I/O pins that are not even part of the set of digital I/O pins and can be shared with other I2C devices as well.
True to their name, these LCDs are ideal for displaying only text/characters. A 16×2 character LCD, for example, has an LED backlight and can display 32 ASCII characters in two rows of 16 characters each.
If you look closely you can see tiny rectangles for each character on the display and the pixels that make up a character. Each of these rectangles is a grid of 5×8 pixels.
At the heart of the adapter is an 8-bit I/O expander chip – PCF8574. This chip converts the I2C data from an Arduino into the parallel data required for an LCD display.
If you are using multiple devices on the same I2C bus, you may need to set a different I2C address for the LCD adapter so that it does not conflict with another I2C device.
An important point here is that several companies manufacture the same PCF8574 chip, Texas Instruments and NXP Semiconductors, to name a few. And the I2C address of your LCD depends on the chip manufacturer.
So your LCD probably has a default I2C address 0x27Hex or 0x3FHex. However it is recommended that you find out the actual I2C address of the LCD before using it.
Connecting an I2C LCD is much easier than connecting a standard LCD. You only need to connect 4 pins instead of 12. Start by connecting the VCC pin to the 5V output on the Arduino and GND to ground.
Now we are left with the pins which are used for I2C communication. Note that each Arduino board has different I2C pins that must be connected accordingly. On Arduino boards with the R3 layout, the SDA (data line) and SCL (clock line) are on the pin headers close to the AREF pin. They are also known as A5 (SCL) and A4 (SDA).
After wiring up the LCD you’ll need to adjust the contrast of the display. On the I2C module you will find a potentiometer that you can rotate with a small screwdriver.
Plug in the Arduino’s USB connector to power the LCD. You will see the backlight lit up. Now as you turn the knob on the potentiometer, you will start to see the first row of rectangles. If that happens, Congratulations! Your LCD is working fine.
To drive an I2C LCD you must first install a library called LiquidCrystal_I2C. This library is an enhanced version of the LiquidCrystal library that comes with your Arduino IDE.
The I2C address of your LCD depends on the manufacturer, as mentioned earlier. If your LCD has a Texas Instruments’ PCF8574 chip, its default I2C address is 0x27Hex. If your LCD has NXP Semiconductors’ PCF8574 chip, its default I2C address is 0x3FHex.
So your LCD probably has I2C address 0x27Hex or 0x3FHex. However it is recommended that you find out the actual I2C address of the LCD before using it. Luckily there’s an easy way to do this, thanks to the Nick Gammon.
But, before you proceed to upload the sketch, you need to make a small change to make it work for you. You must pass the I2C address of your LCD and the dimensions of the display to the constructor of the LiquidCrystal_I2C class. If you are using a 16×2 character LCD, pass the 16 and 2; If you’re using a 20×4 LCD, pass 20 and 4. You got the point!
First of all an object of LiquidCrystal_I2C class is created. This object takes three parameters LiquidCrystal_I2C(address, columns, rows). This is where you need to enter the address you found earlier, and the dimensions of the display.
In ‘setup’ we call three functions. The first function is init(). It initializes the LCD object. The second function is clear(). This clears the LCD screen and moves the cursor to the top left corner. And third, the backlight() function turns on the LCD backlight.
After that we set the cursor position to the third column of the first row by calling the function lcd.setCursor(2, 0). The cursor position specifies the location where you want the new text to be displayed on the LCD. The upper left corner is assumed to be col=0, row=0.
There are some useful functions you can use with LiquidCrystal_I2C objects. Some of them are listed below:lcd.home() function is used to position the cursor in the upper-left of the LCD without clearing the display.
lcd.scrollDisplayRight() function scrolls the contents of the display one space to the right. If you want the text to scroll continuously, you have to use this function inside a for loop.
lcd.scrollDisplayLeft() function scrolls the contents of the display one space to the left. Similar to above function, use this inside a for loop for continuous scrolling.
If you find the characters on the display dull and boring, you can create your own custom characters (glyphs) and symbols for your LCD. They are extremely useful when you want to display a character that is not part of the standard ASCII character set.
CGROM is used to store all permanent fonts that are displayed using their ASCII codes. For example, if we send 0x41 to the LCD, the letter ‘A’ will be printed on the display.
CGRAM is another memory used to store user defined characters. This RAM is limited to 64 bytes. For a 5×8 pixel based LCD, only 8 user-defined characters can be stored in CGRAM. And for 5×10 pixel based LCD only 4 user-defined characters can be stored.
Creating custom characters has never been easier! We have created a small application called Custom Character Generator. Can you see the blue grid below? You can click on any 5×8 pixel to set/clear that particular pixel. And as you click, the code for the character is generated next to the grid. This code can be used directly in your Arduino sketch.
After the library is included and the LCD object is created, custom character arrays are defined. The array consists of 8 bytes, each byte representing a row of a 5×8 LED matrix. In this sketch, eight custom characters have been created.
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In this project we will only be using a LCD, Arduino uno, jumper wires to display text on the LCD. We will use the digital pin 6 to control the contrast value of the LCD. The function to display text on the lcd will be | lcd.print (“Your text here”) |
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Hi, the commands are working but no text is being displayed - I suppose that"s an issue with me soldering. Could you tell me which pins should i check? Thanks
Maybe you’ve used an HD4480-based LCD before (pictured) and you know that it requires a potentiometer for adjusting contrast. Is there a way to remove this potentiometer completely?
The potentiometer acts as a voltage-divider for voltage levels to LCD pin V0 that will adjust the LCD screen’s contrast. There is no exact value given for that voltage (even the datasheets don’t give anything) but according to users, the voltage should be around 0.5 V. So we can just use fixed resistor voltage-dividers to provide that voltage, right?
It turns out, it’s not that easy. The 0.5 V target voltage swings with temperature. When the temperature goes low, the display starts to disappear (low contrast) and when the temperature goes high, the screen starts to go black (high contrast). This justifies the use of the potentiometer: you can just adjust the contrast when temperature effects kick in.
But again, this schematic may need some adjustment for it to work on your project due to different characteristics of LCDs. I suggest you start with finding out what voltage to V0 is perfect for your LCD and adjust your PWM to that!
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